A Nuneaton motorist caught drink-driving twice in just over two hours was today given an interim ban from the roads.

Christopher David Shaw, 28, was re-arrested at the wheel of his VW Golf just five minutes after being bailed from Bedworth police station, Warwickshire, on suspicion of drink-driving, Nuneaton Magistrates' Court was told.

Magistrates granted the married father-of-three unconditional bail and adjourned sentencing until April 10 pending a pre-sentence report.

Shaw, of Beaumont Road, Nuneaton, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving with excess alcohol, two charges of driving other than in accordance with a licence, two allegations of having no insurance and a further charge of obstructing a police constable.

Pam Meinert, prosecuting, said Shaw was first pulled over at 10.30pm on February 5 this year in King Street, Bedworth, where officers ordered him to leave his car in a dimly-lit pub car park.

A blood sample was then taken from the defendant for analysis and he was released on police bail at 12.45am the following day.

The court was told that five minutes later, officers recognised Shaw, who was waiting at the wheel of his car at traffic lights near the police station.

A second blood sample was then taken and both readings proved positive, Ms Meinert added.

The first test found Shaw had 146mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood, above the legal limit of 80mg. The second test found a level of 108mg.

Defence solicitor Philip Rowlands said his client was merely attempting to move his car to a nearby railway station car park because he believed the vehicle and tools inside it would be safer in a well-lit area.

"It was two-and-a-quarter hours from when he was first stopped to when he was released and it was rather naive of the police to hand over the keys to somebody in that situation," said Mr Rowlands.

Mr Rowlands said the defendant denied that police had ordered him not to get back behind the wheel.

"He had spent two hours not driving and suspected he wouldn't have been over the limit. It was certainly reasonable for him to assume that the amount of alcohol in his blood was going down dramatically.

"He made a mistake in judgment that he would be all right two-and-a-half hours after being originally stopped."